The Chamber of Commerce Conference was never going to be an easy gig for Red Ed. During the Q&A after his speech a business man stated that George Osborne was brought up in an entrepreneurial household. He asked what business experience Ed had. Firstly he tried to ignore the question and then tried to get someone else to ask another one. The audience roared with laughter at this, forcing him tackle the original question.

Wait for it…

Apparently his grandfather was a business man, but he didn’t know him as he was dead before he was born.